Folding poultry-roost.



E. A. SIGLBR. FOLDING POULTRY RoosT. APPLICATION FILED FEB.25, 1908.

Patented 0G13. 20, 1908.

6239i h1 conca UNITED STATESITENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. SIGLER, OF COLEMAN, MICHIGAN.

No. octets invention being to provide a simple. inex-v pensive and convenient t vpe ot' device of this` character winch nia v betolded parallel with the wall ot the poultry house. so that it will be out otl the way to permit the floor of the house to be readily cleaned.

lhe invention consists ot' the features ot' coustriictioin combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter 'fully described :ind

claimed. reference being had tothe accompanying drawing. in which lt`lgure 1 is a perspective view oit' the A device. the perch bars or slats being shown in dotted llines. Ifig. 2 is a side elevation of one ot' the'fitandards and pa rts carried thereby. Fig. 3 is a sectional el(y 'ation' ot the saine in folded position.

lu carrying in v invention into practice. l

provide a pair ot' spaced supports l. each comprising a vertical post` or standard 2. to the upper end of which ifs hinged or pivoted.

as at Il. a perch bar or rod l. said bar coniprisiiig two sectionsfi and t' connected by a rule or ordinar)r buggy top loint. 7 to perniit. tho outer or longer section 5 to swing in an upward direction. rlhe-shorter section t' ot said har or rod is fixed to a: bracket S which is designed to be secured to one ot the side walls'ot' tlie poultry house in any prelerred iiiaiiiiei'. 'lhe post or standard 2 is t'oriued with a vertical slot t) extending coinpletel \r therethrough 'from trout to rear. and extending transverselv acrossthe slot. a pin or. holt It) ou which is pivotally mounted the lower end ot a brace ll. pivotally connected at its upper end to the section 5 o'l the perch rod or bar l. as at. IL. The. brace lies in :in inclined position to prevent outward movement ot tlie post or standard and downward movement otl the perch rod or bar,-and

comprises two sections lll and 14v ot' substau' tiall'v e p|al length and connected. at their inenting' ends by a rute or-.buggv top joint. It' adapting said tirace to break oi'told in an upward :uid outward directions 'l`he supportiug devices as thus const ructcd are spaced a desired distance apart. and in operative posi y Speciciitioh of.'A Letters Patent. Application flied February 25, 190s. seri/ai No. 417,670.

FoLDING PooLTRY-mnos'r.l

Patented oei. 2o, 190s. i

tion the bars et thereof are horizontal, While the `posts 2 are. vertical and rest at their lower ends upon the tloor of the house, relative movement ot 4the bars and posts being pres vented bv the extended braces 11.

llie device is completed by the use of 'a pluralityof perch bars or slats 15 supported by the bars 4 and secured thereto in any preferred manner, such bars or slats 15 serving as the body or frame of thc device upon which the iowls perch.

The normal position of iii Figs. .1 and Q, t'romwhich the inode of usel of the device will be apparent. When it is desired to told the perch or roost out of the 'ay so as to permit of the floor of theipoultr vhouse being cleaned without interference therefrom, the standards 2 are moved upwardly and in 'ardly and the, bars 4 and braces v11 forced to break at their respective joints 7 andv it, so that the sections of the bars Lt willy swing upwardly and rearwardly bevond ati-vertical position close to the Wall surface, while the sections 13 and 14tof each brace will converge and told into and project through the vslots in theypost. thus supporting the posts in an elevated position and suspendingy the device as a whole in close proxiniity to the wall and above the. tioor Surface, as indicated in li`ig. 3, thus pern'iitting the Hoor to be readily cleaned.

' To restore the roost. to normal position, it

is simply necessary to .swing` the posts downother adapt ed t'or fixed connection with a .\vall, and a folding brace connecting theirst-nained section of the standard to the mst. and perch bars carried by the snpporting bars, whereby the device as a whole is adapted to bo Folded iii proximity to the wall to which said supporting bars are attached.`

L. A\ poultry roost. comprising a pair ot spaced standards adapted to restlatI their lower ends upon a floor surface, supportinghud bars pivoted aty oneI end to the standards auch provided atl their opposite endsl with means ot' connection to a wall, said bars being conitlie parts is shown posed of jointed sections, perch bars Carried l ed sections, perch bars lcarried by the supby the supporting bars, and folding braces porting bars, and folding braces connecting connecting said supporting bars with the the bars with the posts, said braces being standards. adapted to fold into the slots in the posts.

5 3. Apoultry roost comprisinT a pair of In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1'5 spaced standards having Vertiea slots, sup 4in presence of two Witnesses.v port-ing bars pivoted at one end to the upper EDWARD A. SIGLER.

ends of the standards and provided at their Witnesses: opposite ends with brackets for attachment CHAS. HALEY, lokte a Wall, said bars being composed of joint- R. J. HYDE 

